--- name: "Charles D. Hall" canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-d-hall" fi1m_id: "charles-d-hall" imdb_id: "nm0355405" tmdb_id: 3945 wikidata_id: "Q598772" roles: ["Art direction"] born: "20 April 1888" died: "8 April 1970" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_over: 6 updated: "2026-09-25T02:15:58.975947+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Charles D. Hall ## Identity Charles D. Hall - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-d-hall - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** charles-d-hall - **IMDb ID:** nm0355405 - **TMDB ID:** 3945 - **Wikidata ID:** Q598772 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598772, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3945 Art direction. Born 20 April 1888 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. Died 8 April 1970. ## Details - **Work:** Art direction - **Born:** 20 April 1888, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK - **Died:** 8 April 1970 - **Active:** 1931–1936 - **Also known as:** Charles Daniel Hall, Chas. D. Hall, C. Daniel Hall, Charles Hall, Daniel Hall, Danny Hall, Dan Hall, Denny Hall - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 80 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Horror 3, Drama 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $10m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598772, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3945 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Modern Times*](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Charles D. Hall (1888–1970) was a British-American art director and production designer. Born in Norwich, Norfolk, he began his career as a scenic designer with Fred Karno’s music hall troupe in England. He collaborated with Charlie Chaplin from 1918 to 1936, serving as production designer on *Modern Times* (1936) and contributing to *City Lights* (1931) and *The Circus* (1928). At Universal Pictures he was art director on many films directed by James Whale, including *Frankenstein* (1931), *The Invisible Man* (1933) and *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), as well as *Dracula* (1931), *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930) and *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925). He later worked on B-films and television, and received two Academy Award nominations for art direction. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, Settings, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) - *My Man Godfrey* (1936), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/my-man-godfrey.md) - *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md) - *The Black Cat* (1934), Fi1m 80, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-cat.md) - *City Lights* (1931), Fi1m 89, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) - *Dracula* (1931), Fi1m 75, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md) ## Complete filmography (101) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Big House, U.S.A* (1955), Production Design - *Shield for Murder* (1954), Production Design - *Appointment in Honduras* (1953), as Art Direction - *Marry Me Again* (1953), as Art Direction - *The Moonlighter* (1953), as Art Direction - *The Blue Gardenia* (1953), as Art Direction - *Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd* (1952), as Art Direction - *Ruby Gentry* (1952), as Art Direction - *The Fighter* (1952), as Art Direction - *Red Planet Mars* (1952), as Art Direction - *Two Lost Worlds* (1951), as Art Direction - *The Flying Saucer* (1950), as Art Direction - *Not Wanted* (1949), as Art Direction - *Son of Lassie* (1945), Special Effects - *Mrs. Parkington* (1944), Special Effects - *Nazty Nuisance* (1943), as Art Direction - *Yanks Ahoy* (1943), as Art Direction - *Prairie Chickens* (1943), as Art Direction - *Taxi, Mister* (1943), as Art Direction - *Calaboose* (1943), as Art Direction - *The McGuerins from Brooklyn* (1942), as Art Direction - *Fall In* (1942), as Art Direction - *The Devil with Hitler* (1942), as Art Direction - *Flying with Music* (1942), as Art Direction - *Brooklyn Orchid* (1942), as Art Direction - *Hay Foot* (1942), as Art Direction - *Fiesta* (1941), as Art Direction - *All-American Co-Ed* (1941), as Art Direction - *Niagara Falls* (1941), as Art Direction - *Tanks a Million* (1941), as Art Direction - *Road Show* (1941), as Art Direction - *Saps at Sea* (1940), as Art Direction - *One Million B.C.* (1940), as Art Direction - *A Chump at Oxford* (1940), as Art Direction - *Captain Fury* (1939), as Art Direction - *Topper Takes a Trip* (1938), as Art Direction - *Merrily We Live* (1938), as Art Direction - *The Road Back* (1937), as Art Direction - *My Man Godfrey* (1936), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-man-godfrey.md) - *Show Boat* (1936), as Art Direction - *Modern Times* (1936), Production Design, Settings — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) - *Next Time We Love* (1936), as Art Direction - *Magnificent Obsession* (1935), as Art Direction - *East of Java* (1935), as Art Direction - *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), as Art Direction — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md) - *Night Life of the Gods* (1935), as Art Direction - *The Good Fairy* (1935), as Art Direction - *Imitation of Life* (1934), as Art Direction - *There's Always Tomorrow* (1934), as Art Direction - *One More River* (1934), as Art Direction - *Little Man, What Now?* (1934), as Art Direction - *The Black Cat* (1934), as Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-cat.md) - *Glamour* (1934), as Art Direction - *The Poor Rich* (1934), as Art Direction - *Counsellor at Law* (1933), as Art Direction - *By Candlelight* (1933), as Art Direction - *King for a Night* (1933), as Art Direction - *Only Yesterday* (1933), Production Design - *The Invisible Man* (1933), as Art Direction - *Don't Bet on Love* (1933), as Art Direction - *The Kiss Before the Mirror* (1933), as Art Direction - *The World Gone Mad* (1933), as Art Direction - *The Vampire Bat* (1933), as Art Direction - *The Old Dark House* (1932), Production Design - *Back Street* (1932), as Art Direction - *Scandal for Sale* (1932), as Art Direction - *The Impatient Maiden* (1932), as Art Direction - *The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the 'Wizard of Oz’* (1932), as Art Direction - *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1932), as Art Direction - *Frankenstein* (1931), as Art Direction - *The Spirit of Notre Dame* (1931), as Art Direction - *Waterloo Bridge* (1931), as Art Direction - *East of Borneo* (1931), as Art Direction - *Up for Murder* (1931), as Art Direction - *Iron Man* (1931), as Art Direction - *Drácula* (1931), as Art Direction - *Dracula* (1931), as Art Direction — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md) - *City Lights* (1931), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) - *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930), as Art Direction - *The Last Performance* (1929), as Art Direction - *The Love Trap* (1929), as Art Direction - *Broadway* (1929), as Art Direction - *Show Boat* (1929), as Art Direction - *The Last Warning* (1928), as Art Direction - *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), as Art Direction - *Lonesome* (1928), as Art Direction - *The Circus* (1928), as Art Direction - *The Cat and the Canary* (1927), as Art Direction - *Sensation Seekers* (1927), as Art Direction - *The Cohens and Kellys* (1926), as Art Direction - *A Woman of the Sea* (1926), Production Design - *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925), as Art Direction - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), Assistant Art Director - *The Pilgrim* (1923), as Art Direction - *Pay Day* (1922), as Art Direction - *The Idle Class* (1921), as Art Direction - *The Midlanders* (1920), as Art Direction - *A Day's Pleasure* (1919), Production Design - *The Professor* (1919), Producer - *Shoulder Arms* (1918), Production Design - *A Dog's Life* (1918), Production Design ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1940: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Captain Fury* - 1939: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Merrily We Live* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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